Adoption and Use of Improved Stoves and Biogas Plants in Rural India
Published By: South Asian Network of Development and Environment | Published Date: August, 01 , 2014Household air pollution remains a dominant health risk, particularly in South Asia. Increasing international attention has focused on improved cookstoves (ICS) as a vehicle for reducing household air pollution, regional environmental and climate impacts. This analysis of ICS adoption adds to the limited literature informing cookstove dissemination programs. In a sample of households from Odisha, India, we find households with ICS have higher socioeconomic
and educational status, while households with only a traditional stove spend more money on fuel and more time in hospitals treating respiratory disease.
Author(s): Somnath Hazra, Ipsita Das, Jessica Lewis, Ashok Singha | Posted on: Dec 16, 2014 | Views(668) | Download (530)